On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:56:00PM +0100, Michael Felt wrote: > 4 to 5 years ago I was only able to get Linux to boot, (Redhat, Novell, > Debian) unless it was a physical disk. I have not tried that yet because I > do not have an empty disk to supply. And if that worked I would just > uninstall it as that is "too expensive" in terms of resources. > > I have tried the "install64/export64" options Guided LVM (and I choose as > many partitions as possible) and the Guided "one partition" - recommended > for new users option. > > The partitions are created, the install runs fine, but on reboot - nada. > > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM > | > Elapsed time since release of system processors: 28 mins 41 secs > > Config file read, 4096 bytes > > Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13 > Enter "help" to get some basic usage information > boot: Linux > Please wait, loading kernel... > Can't open device </vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:0> > /vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:2,/boot/vmlinux: Unable to open file, Invalid > device > boot: help > > Press the tab key for a list of defined images. > The label marked with a "*" is is the default image, press <return> to boot > it. > > To boot any other label simply type its name and press <return>. > > To boot a kernel image which is not defined in the yaboot configuration > file, enter the kernel image name as [[device:][partno],]/path, where > "device:" is the OpenFirmware device path to the disk the image > resides on, and "partno" is the partition number the image resides on. > Note that the comma (,) is only required if you specify an OpenFirmware > device, if you only specify a filename you should not start it with a "," > > If you omit "device:" and "partno" yaboot will use the values of > "device=" and "partition=" in yaboot.conf, right now those are set to: > device=/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1 > partition=2 > > boot: > > > That is all I get. I am willing to spend some time on this - but I do not > know the "Linux" way these days. > Clear instructions, clear requests for info (e.g., if you can jump out of > the install and look at something, manual divvy if you prefer, etc..) > > just might be a few hours to days between responses as I also have regular > work to attend to. > > Thanks!!! for your assistance!
I just noticed the yaboot version. 1.3.13 has some issues with "newer" IBM machines. 1.3.16 works much better, but that's only in the next debian release (although I suppose that can't be that far away from being released now). See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473725 for some of the info on this problem. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130319155016.ge1...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
